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Trina Robbins: Valerie Barclay 1922 – 2010

Posted by admin on March 11th, 2010 at 10:01 AM

In 1947, readers could mail in one dollar bill to Timely Comics and receive back in the mail a wonderful (and today priceless) little book called “Secrets Behind the Comics,” by Stan Lee. Along with such brief articles as “Who is Stan Lee? And why did he write this book?” and “Startling Facts About the Comics!” are snippets about pencilers, inkers and letterers like Ed Winiarski, Ken Bald, Morris Weiss, Syd Shores and George Sekowsky. There is exactly one woman mentioned in this little book: Violet Barclay, “Glamorous Girl Inker.”

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I also like her creepy vampire kids.

Posted by Shaenon Garrity on March 10th, 2010 at 1:57 PM

One of the first manga I ever read, back in college when I was plunging into the dorky depths of anime fandom, was Moto Hagio’s A, A’, published by Viz during an abortive early attempt to sell Americans on shojo…

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Journalista for March 9, 2010: An excessive use of first-person pronouns

Posted by Dirk Deppey on March 9th, 2010 at 7:32 AM

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Seven arrested over Muhammed-cartoonist murder plot ♦ more

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Journalista reputation-destroying extra: Four years’ work

Posted by Dirk Deppey on March 8th, 2010 at 11:50 AM

 

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As you might be aware, I generally try to avoid product announcements in this blog — with that going double for Fantagraphics products, what with the obvious “Dirk=company whore” connotations they bring. Nonetheless, I’ve spent the last four… long… years helping nurture this one into being, and pretty much demanded the right to be the one to break the news. And since Amazon just beat me to it, I might as well make the announcement here:

 


Panel from “The Willow Tree,” ©2010 Moto Hagio/Shogakukan.

 

Fantagraphics has signed an agreement with Shogakukan to launch a full manga line edited and curated by Matt Thorn.

For the record: Four years is a hell of a long time to keep a secret.

 

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Journalista for March 8, 2010: Actual gay cartoonists need not apply

Posted by Dirk Deppey on March 8th, 2010 at 9:20 AM

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Corpus Christi Caller-Times editorial cartoonist Herman Gutierrez dies ♦ Eight on trial for murder of Argentinian writer Héctor Oesterheld ♦ more

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What the %@&*! Happened to Comics?

Posted by Gavin Lees on March 8th, 2010 at 12:01 AM


A report from Art Spiegelman’s illustrated lecture at the Liberty Theater, Puyallup, WA.

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2010 Festival of Cartoon Art

Posted by Jared Gardner on March 5th, 2010 at 8:31 AM

One of the myriad pleasures of studying comics here at Ohio State University is the opportunity to work closely with the remarkable folks at the (recently renamed and soon-to-be-rehoused) Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum and to…

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Journalista for March 5, 2010: Another provincial hick

Posted by Dirk Deppey on March 5th, 2010 at 8:25 AM

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Moroccan cartoonist prevented from leaving country ♦ Saudi cartoonists organize ♦ more

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Journalista for March 4, 2010: Hardly anything

Posted by Dirk Deppey on March 4th, 2010 at 8:20 AM

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Bangladeshi cartoonist sued for defamation ♦ Japanese city strives for worldwide otaku tourism ♦ more

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Journalista for March 3, 2010: The nature of the medium

Posted by Dirk Deppey on March 3rd, 2010 at 8:45 AM

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Denver Post cuts 22 comic strips ♦ Kodansha loses ¥5.7 billion in 2009 ♦ more

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